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<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/sites/default/files/images/webexclusives/-1_0.jpg" height="375" width="500"><br>This picture was taken from the 30th floor of the UN Millennium Hotel in New York City, where a couple <em>Tricycle</em>rs were fortunate enough to get together with Karen Armstrong, a historian of religion and recent TED Prize winner, to talk about her latest project <a href="http://charterforcompassion.org/site/">The Charter for Compassion</a>. The conversation covered topics ranging from the value of pluralism in the world today to what Armstrong finds so compelling about the Buddha. Keep your eyes peeled for the interview. <br></p>
<p><a href="http://www.tricycle.com/blog/karen-armstrong-ted-prize-and-charter-compassion" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.tricycle.com/blog/karen-armstrong-ted-prize-and-charter-compassion#commentsChade-Meng TanCharter for CompassionEventsFred LuskinImam Feisal Abdul RaufJoan Brown Campbellkaren armstrongKrista TippettSalman AhmadTEDPrizeunited nationsMon, 22 Nov 2010 19:38:44 +0000Sam Mowe39751 at http://www.tricycle.comU.N. rapporteur Pinheiro warns Burma on referendumhttp://www.tricycle.com/p/466
<p>U.N. special rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro calls <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7347724.stm" target="_blank">Burma's upcoming constitutional referendum</a> a joke:</p>
<blockquote><p>Speaking in Brussels, Mr Pinheiro said that the referendum would not have any credibility if opponents were prevented from speaking out.</p>
<p>"How can you have a referendum without any of the basic freedoms?" he was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.</p>
<p>"It would be important to have international observers to validate the referendum, because if not it would be just a ritual without real content."</p></blockquote>
<p>He also said he saw no signs of political progress of any kind in the country.</p>
http://www.tricycle.com/p/466#commentsBurmaNewsunited nationsWed, 16 Apr 2008 16:25:02 +0000Philip Ryan38497 at http://www.tricycle.com